Michael Flatley will lead St Patrick’s Day 2014 London celebrations. Photy by London24

Today is St. Patricks day and now I live in England I wanted to share with you how it is celebrated here:

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother used to present bowls of shamrock flown over from Ireland to members of the Irish Guards, a regiment in the British Army consisting primarily of soldiers from both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The Irish Guards still wear shamrock on this day, flown in from Ireland

Horse racing at the Cheltenham Festival attracts large numbers of Irish people, both residents of Britain and many who travel from Ireland, and usually coincides with Saint Patrick's Day

Birmingham holds the largest Saint Patrick's Day parade in Britain with a city centre parade over a two-mile (3 km) route through the city centre. The organisers describe it as the third biggest parade in the world after Dublin and New York.London had an annual Saint Patrick's Day parade yesterday in Trafalgar Square. In 2008 the water in the Trafalgar Square fountains was dyed green.Liverpool has the highest proportion of residents with Irish ancestry of any English city. This has led to a long-standing celebration on St Patrick's Day in terms of music, cultural events and the parade.Manchester hosts a two-week Irish festival in the weeks prior to St Patrick's Day. The festival includes an Irish Market based at the city's town hall which flies the Irish tricolour opposite the Union Flag, a large parade as well as a large number of cultural and learning events throughout the two-week period.The Scottish town of Coatbridge, where the majority of the town's population are of Irish descent, also has a Saint Patrick's Day Festival which includes celebrations and parades in the town centre.Glasgow has a considerably large Irish population; due, for the most part, to the Irish immigration during the 19th century. This immigration was the main cause in raising the population of Glasgow by over 100,000 people. Due to this large Irish population, there is a considerable Irish presence in Glasgow with many Irish theme pubs and Irish interest groups who run annual celebrations on St Patrick's day in Glasgow. Glasgow began an annual Saint Patrick's Day parade and festival in 2007

Women and CommunitiesSouth West Foundation are pleased to be able to offer the opportunity for people to come to one of our Women and Communities events where we are showing a selection of short films from our Women and Communities Project.

"Come tomorrow for a chance to meet with other women who are involved in their communities (either on a paid or unpaid basis) to discuss the current issues and how we can raise the profile of women's contribution and value."

This Saturday 15 of June will be organizing a Latin Experience in Weston Super Mare!Join us for a for a Make-your-own taco lunch with latin music and Spanish conversation.Tell your friends and have fun together!Special introductory price £5.00Call me to reserve your space today! Patty 07401814481

I have been very privileged to live in America, Brazil, Canada and now in England. Even tough I always consider myself to be quite adaptable, I did had a bit of a culture shock here, mostly because people expect you to know their culture straight away. It was until my cousin gave me this book called "Watching the English" by Kate Fox that I started understanding things like the "Invisible q at the Bar" or the obsession with weather in England. For anybody that travels to this lovely country I would recommend to read this book because it has opened my eyes to the subtleties of British behavior that otherwise I would have ended up feeling more like a fish outside the water. Now I can laugh about it because it's been 3 years since I landed here, but the pace of life is a lot slower and building relationships takes triple the time than in Latinamerica. On the other hand, I have noticed that British form steady and long lasting relationships that we don't probably have as much. So If you want to learn about conversation and behavior codes from humor to pub talk, from home, work and play rules.The good thing? I have learned to laugh about myself and that sarcasm can be funny if used wisely :)

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Born in the country of "Eternal Spring". Traveller and CS at heart. Want to share my In love for Guatemala through travel experiences, food, events, articles & more!I lived in Brazil and Canada before relocating in England in 2009.